World History: Portugal (Unit 5)
Africa
Prince Henry initiated a program of exploration to find a route to the East Indies, by sailing around ________________.
Circumnavigate
To sail around (Vocabulary)
Papal Line of Demarcation
In 1480, to divide the new lands between Spain and Portugal, the pope drew the first:
Iberian peninsula
A peninsula in southwestern Europe consisting of the countries of Spain and Portugal (Vocabulary)
Moors
An ethnic group of mixed Berber and Arab stock living in northwestern Africa (Vocabulary)
True
By circumnavigating Africa, Vasco da Gama became the first European to reach the East Indies by sea. (T/F)
Cape of Storms
In 1487 Bartholomew Dias discovered the tip of Africa, which he called the:
Lacked resources, population, and size
Portugal only had difficulty colonizing because they:
Contact Japan and China
Portugal was the first European nation to:
Trading
Portugal's main source of economic support came through the business of ________________.
Brazil
Portugal's only colony in the New World was:
- lack of size - lack of resources - lack of population - conquest of Spain in 1580
What are the four reasons for Portugal's decline as a world power?
- Sumatra - Africa - China - Java - Japan - the New World
What countries or areas did Portugal contact, colonize, or establish posts in?
Mercantalism
The economic policy which included the idea that all colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country was: